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Beards and Curves


Khloe Summers - 2021
    his construction company is slated to tear down my family's flower shop.Can I change his mind, or will love show me a side to life I've never seen?DeanThe loner life was getting...well, lonely.Enter my brother and his smooth idea to sign me up for a dating app named Curve Connection.I expected a few bad dates, but I didn't predict a much younger woman.I'm totally against the idea, until we meet.Now, all bets are off.This curvy angel is mine.

Beauty and the Bartender


Dakota Rebel - 2020
    But in my defense, my job sucks. Plus, Dean the bartender, is the hottest man I’ve ever seen in real life. At first, it was just a harmless crush that made my day better. But now, I find myself dreaming up scenarios where we run away to bartend together on a beach in the Florida Keys. These dreams have also started featuring weddings and babies. Am I really falling in love with him? Dean – I hate her job. I hate her boss. And I really hate that I have to let Ruby go home alone every night. She should be safely ensconced in my arms, and my bed, as often as possible. I’ve always known that we’d end up together. From the first time, she walked into my bar with her head held high, her spine straight and tears pricking her beautiful eyes. It’s time that I convince her that our future together needs to start right now.

Corpse Candle


Jaycee Wolfe - 2021
    Fight for survival, fight for my family, fight for those who can’t fight for themselves. What happens when family stops fighting for you? What do you do when they just give you away, handing you over to the devil himself? I guess this is where all that training takes hold. This is where the test begins. I was born and bred to win. There is no other option in my mind. Sometimes, though, you have to know when to stand and fight and when to lie low and bide your time. Lying low wasn’t easy, but in doing so, I found something else, something new. Someone else worth fighting for. Now the fight of my life is not only for me but for the man I’ve fallen for. Some people are worth the risk of losing it all.Swift:Being the President of a motorcycle club isn’t easy. I knew that going in, but knowing every one of my brothers is counting on me, trusting me, that’s a weight on my shoulders I’ve become too comfortable with. When someone finds a weakness in MY security, sneaks into MY compound, and fools MY men, I know this is a job I need to handle personally. I will take on hell itself to keep my brothers safe. Hell, however, comes in the form of a small, blonde wildcat with claws as thick and long as her thighs. She knocks me off my feet, keeps me reeling, and never backs down. She’s knocked my world off its axis and stolen my heart. And she’s done it all with her fist held high, and feet firmly planted in the future I want us to build. Together.

Owned By The Hot Dad (Owned Body & Soul)


Imani Jay - 2021
    This Father's day, meet the swoony dad who has the hots for his son's caretaker & won't take no for an answer.This is a safe, short steamy romance, with no cheating, no cliffhanger & a guaranteed HEA!

Hot for the Marine (Hot for Heroes, #1)


Beatrice Brae - 2020
    NO cliffhangers. NO cheating. Book 1 of the Hot for Heroes SeriesHonorI’m mortified when I ugly-cry in front of a big, strong and hunky man at my cousin’s wedding.A man that doesn’t run away from a sobbing woman is a keeper in my book.I haven’t dated much in the past three years, but I say 'Yes' when Kane asks me out.I’m horrified when I find out he’s a marine because I only have one dating rule.No Marines. Ever!KaneThe curvy beauty I meet at my sister’s wedding captures my heart and soul the moment I see her.She makes me want to have a family, a dream I gave up when I joined the Marine Corps.But when her past threatens to break us apart, she has a choice to make- me or her past?

Thief


Jenna Rose - 2020
    

His Voodoo Lily


Alexis Adaire
    Like, glass shards on top of sandpaper rough. She managed to get out of an abusive relationship only to have her ex kidnap their 4-year-old son just days before the custody hearing. Lily has become so difficult to be around that her best friend, Alexa, has finally given up hope and abandoned her in Shorty’s Pub.Gerrit Rousseau is an oasis of calm in a stormy world, downplaying his smoldering good looks as he tends bar and keeps his head down. His emotions are not easily stirred, but the brazen, tattooed Lily is lighting a fire. There’s something about her, something beyond her looks, that gets his blood pumping to all the right places.Sexual fireworks are inevitable with these two, especially during Mardi Gras—but things in New Orleans are never as simple as they seem. When a man turns up dead and Lily admits to Gerrit that she was directly involved, all hell breaks loose in the Crescent City. Gerrit is compelled to get to the bottom of the twin mysteries of the death and the missing child, but first he must figure out where the mysterious Dani Weeks and her son Riley fit in.

Tinsel Me, Baby! (A Forever Safe Christmas #9)


Claire Ashlynn - 2019
    It’s what she needs to relax and find some peace. Who would have thought a blizzard could bring her the one person she’s missing in her life. Eull Maier has a successful business and a good life. He doesn’t need anyone, and he’s enjoying the peace and quiet. Like a blizzard, Celeste comes into his life and turns it upside down. He never would have known that she was the piece that is missing from his world. Will they be able to realize that they are meant to be? Can they find their happily ever after? This is a short, sweet, and steamy Insta-love Novella with a guaranteed HEA. It’s part of the Forever Safe Christmas Series.

His Dahlia (The May Flowers Series)


Alexx Andria - 2019
    Until all hell broke loose.  In a single day, my best friend and business partner threatened to fire me, I’d hit a stray dog with my car and the cute vet with the stunning eyes friend-zoned me on sight. Now my beloved BMW convertible is in the shop and I’ve become a reluctant dog owner. The only bright spot? Meeting the sexy vet, Dr. Dahlia Kent. Although we’re opposite in every way and she’s clearly immune to my charm, it only makes me want her more. If I were smart, I’d find a home for the dog, lose Dahlia’s number and get back to what I’m good at — looking for the easy win. But for some reason, I can’t seem to walk away from the dog — or her. Am I ready for a big change? Or am I taking on more than I can handle? Roses are red
 Violets are blue 
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Cowboys Love Forever (Lone Wolf Ranch Book 3)


Sara Hazel - 2020
    A stand-alone tale of finding love at Lone Wolf Ranch. Michael: I wasn’t prepared to fall in love today. But there she is – my best friend’s daughter. I haven’t seen Skylar in a few years, and now when I look at her— Everything has changed. I know some might say I should stay away, but I must make this beautiful woman my bride or I’ll live without love forever. She’s the one for me and there can be no others. Skylar: I’ve always had a crush on Michael – a handsome older cowboy. But that’s all it was supposed to be— just a thing that would pass in time. Only now when I look at him I see my destiny instead. Can I really fall for this forbidden cowboy? Should I let myself be loved by him? A few things are certain: Cowboys appreciate natural beauty. Cowboys fall hard. Cowboys love forever.

Nothing I Want More


Hope Ford - 2018
    He was a man that wanted to control everything I did. I left behind my family, my friends, and my college life. I moved in with my aunt and she asked her neighbor, Noah, to keep an eye on me while she was on vacation. Noah, the sexy across-the-hall police officer, promises to keep me safe. But I can’t help but wonder, how safe is my heart. Noah I volunteered to keep an eye on my neighbor’s niece. Little did I know she is a beautiful, curvy, younger woman. She needs me to love her, to protect her, and to make her mine… there is nothing I want more. #1 bestselling short romance author Hope Ford writes short, steamy, sweet romances. There is always an alpha male (because who doesn’t love an alpha male) and a woman he makes his queen. Sit back, grab a glass of wine, and get lost in this happily ever after story – that’s also a little naughty.

Hot Water: A BBW Small Town Romance


Fern Fraser - 2021
    ETHAN LOVELOCKWhen I inherit a rundown lakeside hotel from my grandad, I know my savings from soldiering won’t go far. I’m determined to build a new life by the lake and heal.The good news is, I have an investor, my best friend Baxter Burns. The bad news is, he wants me to hire his baby sister. Baxter says she’s off limits, but one look at Lexi and I know I can’t keep my hands to myself.She soothes my war battered soul and I’ll give up everything to make her mine.LEXI BURNSMy big brother wants to help my career, so he sends me to the country to help his friend restore a hotel. One look at Ethan and I know I can’t do what my brother wants.Living and working at Eden Lake with the hot as sin ex-Army Ranger will only lead to one thing. Hot Water!Safe, sweet, extra steamy instalove short romance with a guaranteed HEA. It's summer, which means sunshine, sand and awkward tan lines.What our heroes aren't expecting? Love.Sometimes hot days turn into steamier nights as these men find love by the lake... Brought to you by nine of your favorite instalove authors, this series is the summer romance you've been waiting for.

Daddy's Babies


Rosa Mink - 2019
    Thanks to my brother I've found just the man I want it with, the only problem is, it looks like he already has one. Is this how my whole life is going to go? Always wanting what I can't have? God I hope not because there's one thing that's for sure, I want Jake, want his little girl to be mine, want him to be daddy to all sorts of babies we can make. Jake: I've spent my life creating a company but that's not what I really wanted out of life. I want a good girl to give me babies, lots of them, but after my last mistake, I don't see that happening. Not until she walks into my life and takes it over in one second flat. The instant the word Daddy slips from her lips I know she's mine. I'll do anything to ensure it, to give her everything she's ever wanted, especially learning it's precisely what I want as well, my babies. I'll give her as many as she wants and love all of my babies, including her. Daddy's Babies is a short read around 15,000 words, with strong language, no cheating, and HEAs. It's intended for an adult audience that will leave you wanting to find your own daddy to enjoy.